To be or
not to be
Red Ryder,
Lash LaRue,
Hopalong
Cassidy,
Tom Mix or
you-know-who...?
If we two
are such stuff
as daydreams
are made on,
ought we not
check dandruff
and basements
for radon...?
It was The
Fest of Rhymes,
writ 'cuz the
Hearsts loved slimes.*
It was the
zest of limes --
bits unre-
hears'd, oft times.
*Despite the content of this
line in certain late mss, there
is no evidence that Mr. William
Randolph Hearst or anyone in
his family involved himself in
romantic liaisons with mimes.
His practice of yellow journalism
and his publishing of sensationalist
items lacking truth is, however,
widely attested.
Drumpf well knew,
after all,
he'd expel,
if he sent
devotees
up the mall,
foul MAGA-
niffy* scent.
* Niffy is a British
informal adjective
meaning ill-smelling,
malodorous and stinky.
When you wish
upon a
starving Ar-
menian,
'tis hoped you're
not gonna
wake up a
Fenian.
Aliens
leaving a
multiple
star system
might be seen
grieving, a-
ware that you've
just miss'd 'em.
I'm all through
rereading
"The Moon in
the Millpond,"
nor do I
mind ceding
of Remus*
I'm still fond.
*That's Joel Chandler
Harris's fictional uncle.
What kills the
Donaldsaur...?
Don't tell...? Like
hell: just ask!
A Chinese
virus -- or
my past-its-
sell-date mask.
Oh, to be
in Skokie
now that Ni-
san is there!
(Much less o-
key-dokey
you'd find Ville-
franche-sur-Mer.)
Some surnames
are so styled
with ages
to concur.
Witness Ju-
lia Child.
Need more...? Vic-
tor Mature.
It takes much
more than clams
raked up from
ocean deeps
to feed His
freakin' lambs
as well as
all His sheeps.
"O, Blesséd
be all those
who ride a
cock-eyed horse
with hand bells
on their toes."
(A quote of
unknown source.)
'Toy boats' can-
not be said
ten times: 'twill
twist the tongue.
'Boy totes,' though,
can be read,
and 'bow ties'
can be sung.
Imagin-
ary friend...?
A mitzva,
A mitzva,
heaven knows.
'Twill help you
'Twill help you
to upend
imagin-
ary foes.
Some say in
outer space
there's none to
hear my scream.
That's not the
only place:
'tis ditto
in my dream.
If one should
take the cash
and let the
credit go,
should not one
dump the stash,
lest it be-
come de trop...?
